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OK, So my new machine turned up and it's impressive.
Took me a while to work out the setup and get it all together, but it's now all running fine.
I've made a couple of test espresso's and cappuccino's, and the thing that strikes me about the whole bean-to-cup thing is this: The coffee is consistently near-perfect.
And what I mean by that is that the crema is wonderful, and the strength and aroma exactly as I desire, and even with me just knocking out test cups each cup was as good as the last and none was far from perfect.
I used to work in a coffee shop years ago, a trained barista and with a couple of silly prizes to my name, and yet I wasn't consistent... not this consistent. I could make a perfect coffee, but 1 in 3 would be less than perfect and if I had to make tons of cappuccino's in quick succession they would inevitably start to tail off. This machine doesn't quite hit absolute perfection, but it comes damn close, and the really satisfying thing is that whereas I would falter 1 in 3 times and it wouldn't be as good as the other cups, this machine just makes the next cup as good as the prior.
I love the damn thing, even though I was a little hesitant to give up all control to one monolithic machine. This isn't the fixed-gear equivalent of coffee machine, but damn does it produce some impressive results.